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<p class="heading0">ChartDirector 7.0 (Java Edition)</p>
<p class="heading1"><a href="Chart.htm">Chart</a>.<wbr>RegularSpacingFilter</p>
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<p class="heading2a">Usage</p>
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public static int RegularSpacingFilter([ int labelStep [, double initialMargin ]])
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<p class="heading2">Description</p>
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Creates a data filter that matches 1 out of every N elements.<br><br>
This method is typically used in <a href="Axis.setMultiFormat.htm">Axis.setMultiFormat</a> and <a href="Axis.setMultiFormat2.htm">Axis.setMultiFormat2</a> to select specific elements for formatting as axis labels.
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<td>labelStep</td><td>1</td><td>Picks 1 out of every "labelStep" number of elements. For example, if this argument is 3, only 1 of every 3 elements will be selected.</td></tr><tr><td>initialMargin</td><td>0</td><td>Adds an offset when determining the elements to be selected. For example, if the <b>labelStep</b> is 3, the selected indexes should be 0, 3, 6, 9, .... If <b>initialMargin</b> is set to 1, the indexes becomes 1, 4, 7, 10, ....</td>
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<p class="heading2">Return Value</p>
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An integer filter id representing the filter.
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